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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Activist champions scots language | History Defined

A West Lothian activist has organised a campaign to champion the Scots dialect ahead of Burns night next week, with primary schools across West Lothian showing their support.

Whitburn teacher and Scots language advocate, Laura Green, is backing efforts by national charity ‘Nil by Mouth’ to get their story book into over 400 primary schools across Scotland before Burns Night 2022.

The story-book, which is called ‘Neeps and Tatties’ is written entirely in Scots by author Carey Morning and illustrator Anna York – it examines issues such as discrimination and prejudice.

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